between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
onyx marble ;
Morgan Seal 117
Description
1 cylinder seal : onyx marble ; 17 mm diameter
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
Lower part of cylinder broken off.
Summary
Attendant behind one of two facing seated figures presumably drinking through tubes from vessel; third seated figure facing another attendant.
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Classification
Place
Southern Mesopotamia.
Department